U-267

Type

VIIC

Ordered

15 Aug, 1940

Laid down

9 Aug, 1941

Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack (werk 32)

Launched

23 May, 1942

Commissioned

11 Jul, 1942

Oblt. Otto Tinschert

Commanders

11 Jul, 1942 - 13 Jul, 1943	Kptlt. Otto Tinschert
14 Jul, 1943 - 26 Nov, 1943	Ernst von Witzendorff
27 Nov, 1943 - 6 Jul, 1944	Kptlt. Otto Tinschert
7 Jul, 1944 - 4 May, 1945	Oblt. Bernhard Knieper

Career

7 patrols

11 Jul, 1942 - 31 Jan, 1943  8. Flottille (training)
1 Feb, 1943 - 1 Oct, 1944  7. Flottille (front boat)
1 Oct, 1944 - 4 May, 1945  33. Flottille (front boat)

Successes

No ships sunk or damaged

Fate

Scuttled on 4 May, 1945, in Gelting Bay. Wreck broken up.

View the 7 war patrols

Wolfpack operations

U-267 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career:
   Landknecht (22 Jan, 1943 - 28 Jan, 1943)
   Pfeil (2 Feb, 1943 - 9 Feb, 1943)
   Meise (20 Apr, 1943 - 27 Apr, 1943)
   Elbe I (11 May, 1943 - 13 May, 1943)

Attacks on this boat

5 Feb, 1943
The boat was attacked in the North Atlantic by escorts with depth charges. The boat was damaged so severely that a return to base was necessary, reaching St. Nazaire on Feb 18.

29 Mar, 1943
The boat was attacked by convoy escorts in the North Atlantic and suffered slight damages.

7 Jul, 1943
Off Cape Finisterre a British Catalina aircraft (Sqdn 210, pilot John A. Cruickshank) dropped depth charges on the boat (reported to be sailing unalert on the surface). The boat dived and escaped the attack but was severely damaged and had to re-surface and report the damages and abort its patrol. The boat was repaired in part and managed to elude allied hunters sent to destroy him, reaching France on July 13. (Sources: Blair, vol 2, page 388)

3 recorded attacks on this boat.

General notes on this boat

This boat was the last one to leave the U-boat base at St. Nazaire on 23 Sept, 1944 (U-255 remained and eventually surrendered there in May, 1945). She arrived on 29 Oct at Stavanger, Norway.

Schnorchel-fitted U-boat
This boat was fitted with a Schnorchel underwater-breathing apparatus and sailed equipped with it in August 1944 but it was of course installed prior to that date. Read more about the Schnorchel and see list of fitted boats.

Men lost from U-boats

Unlike many other U-boats, which during their service lost men due to accidents and various other causes, U-267 did not suffer any casualties (we know of) until the time of her loss.